Categories and Prizes
Painting +
Original paintings, mixed media works on paper, canvas, board etc. Examples include: watercolour, acrylic, oil, pastels, sketching, spray paint, collage, lithograph, screen-print, monotypes etc – no prints.
Barfoot & Thompson First Prize
$750 cash
Second Prize
$400 cash
Sculpture
3D sculptures, examples include pottery, assemblages, wood carving, glass, copper.
CoroVets First Prize
$400 cash
CoroVets Second Prize
$200 cash
Craft
Original design and not from a pattern or commercial kitset. Examples include ceramics, recyclables, textile crafts, leatherwork, origami, knitting, embroidery, crochet, felting, macrame.
First Prize
$400 cash
Waihi Coffee Roasters Second Prize
$200 cash
Photography
Original photography. Examples include film camera and photographic negative, panorama, pinhole photography, slides, cyanotypes. You may submit one artwork from a limited edition of 30 or less.
In Frame First Prize
$400 cash
Waikino Whisper
$200 cash
Special awards & Category 25!!!
Our 3 special awards this year focus on the familiar "Young Star" hoping to encourage young artists have their work shown and recognised and "People's Choice" with visitors across the the weekend voting for their favourite piece.
Our 3rd centres special award celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Exhibition - we invite artists to create a "25" themed piece of art, painting, sculpture or photograph.
Young Star
$100
Category 25
$100
People's Choice
$100
